R5 1600X and A320M-DGS,8GB DDR4 2666MhzWhats your specs any why do you want to update bios?
Make sure the bios file downloaded is the exact version for your board from the manufacturer's website. Bios flash process will scan and verify the bios file and fail if it doesn't match.
Put the file on a fat32 formatted usb stick (no folders). Boot to bios and run the bios updater program in the bios. Mflash, ezflash or similar.
Best never update bios from windows, do it from in the bios.
A good rule to follow on BIOS updates is to NOT do BIOS updates unless you need to to resolve a specific issue that you are having with a motherboard.
View: https://imgur.com/RXrd4BDAre you sure that BIOS file is in required format ?
A good rule to follow on BIOS updates is to NOT do BIOS updates unless you need to to resolve a specific issue that you are having with a motherboard.
Windows. Because im not looking to mess with USB's.There are two different downloads for 5.7, one for updating the BIOS in Windows an the other for updating the BIOS through the BIOS itself (Instant Flash). Which did you download?
with all the vulnerabilities with CPU's these day like spectre and meltdown this may not be the best rule to follow anymore because newer BIOS versions do come with security patches now
I had forgotten about those, as I'm running on an AMD, and the Linux kernel was patched quite some time ago; but, you are quite right: a different perspective on BIOS updates is warranted.